Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-20

car. One passenger put his hand out
through the window and
RECEIVED PISTOL BALL
! through it. Brakeman Walker was
shot through the coat. Train Mas
ter Tonic Harris ran out to step the af
fair, but when a couple of shots were
| fired at him he ran under the car like q
rat in hole. The robbers had all fixed
for their work and the object of the
meeting was stated to be for the pur-
pose of approp:isting a part OF "Jay
Gould's money" The leader ordered the
robbers to the express and mail car, but
they were refused admission and had to
break the door down. They took the
package of SIP, 200 and two other sacks
of money, said to contain about $1,000
each. 1t is said they took in all about
Sl4, 900. Before the train arrived at Nc
Neal the robbers took gold watch from
q man, and went in the telegraph office,
smashed the instruments, cut the wires
and held the operator. The trainmen say
that the robbers from their style and
dress must be
FARMERS OR SToCKMEN.
The leader of the gang was unmasked.
He seemed not to care. They did not take
any money or goods from private parties
or from the United States mails. Sheriff
John Olive was notified by wire as soon as
the train arrived here, and in few hours
he and his deputies, with the blood
hounds, were on the spot of the robbery.
The robbery occurred near the grave of
the notorious Sam Bass, the bandit, who
was killed at Round Rock two or three
years ago.
This morning as s farmer was coming
to town he saw three men riding ahead
of him. They ali had mustaches, and
he struck up gallop to catch up
with them, but they increased
the speed of their horses accordingly,
so as to keep at 8 proper distance from
him. 1t is supposed that these were
train robbers and that the whole gang
has scattered, but will, perhaps, be
taken in or at least part of lem, soon.
The railroad men sent 8 spec. train
from here to Hearne to get other bod
hounds tc assist III catching the robbeI
The excitement is up to fever heat, and
all efforts will be used to capture the
robbers.
THE WACO ACCOUNT.
Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, May 19.-The Missouri
Pacific passenger train which arrived here
at O'Clock this Thursday morning was
held up at Mcneil station. on the Interna-
tional and Great Northern Road, fifteen
miles this side of Austin, and robbed at 10
O'Clock Wednesday night. Twelve mount
ed men did the work, andthey went at it
with so much system and their pla $
worked with such nicely that they secured
a large amount of money from the Pacific
Express Company. =
From Mr.. G. W. White of Waco, who
was g passenger on the train, are learned
the following facts of the robbery: The
train left Austin for Waco on time and
when it pulled up at Mcneil station,
which is at the crossing of the Austin and
Northwestern Railroad, they found the
agent and two gentlemen who intended
to take passage OF the Missouri Pacific
train in charge of twelve robbers who
came to the station well mounted and
armed. The robbers had
ROLLED a LOG
in front of the engine, and the engineer
others proceeded to fire into the top of
the cars in the train. The passengers
were told that if they kept quiet they
HOulNl uOI DG IuOlCSJCut anu lucy hCJJ
quiet. The ROBBERS fired about one
hundred shots into the coaches to help
keep up the Quietness of the passen-
gers. Mr.. Harry Lander, of San Antonio,
was shot through the hand, but the
wound is not dangerous. A brakeman,
whose name Mr.. White did not learn, had
his cheek aDd nose graZed by q bullet.
The robbers made for the express car,
which was in charge of Mr.. A. j. North
acker. and demanded that he open it, but
Mr.. Northacker refused to obey their
commands. They then
BROKE OPEN THE CAR
door and knocked the eXpressman down.
The safe was broken open and robbed.
How much money they got no one seems
to know. The amount has been various
ly estimated at from S2I, 900 to S55, 900.
Mr.. White said the expressman would
not or could not tell the amount of money
that had been taken. He said to Mr.
White: "When l saw the fellows
start out with the silver, which
was a bulky package, thought [ was
safe, but when they returned and COM
menced looking for the currency 1 knew
it was all up with me-" 1t is to be sup
posed, from these remarks. that the rob-
bers secured q large amount of money.
After the robbers had secured the Doodle
they told the train men to roll the log off
the track and
THEY COULD GO on.
Mr.. White before leaving the station
had talk with the agent, whose name is
S. R. Ely. Mr.. Ely said the men came to
the station uumasked and took himself
and two other men in charge. Que of
the men is named J. B. Ricketts, and he
halls from Birmingham, Ala. The robbers
took fine gold watch ami chain from Mr..
Ricketts,. The robbers took the three
men, placed them in box car, closed the
door and put guard over them. Mr..
White said he asked the agent what kind
Of looking men the robbers were, and he
told him that they looked like border ruff
fans. They were well armed and seemed
to understand their business very thor
Oughly. After robbing the train they
their horses and rode away.
The train was detained only about q
half hour and then came on north. When
It arrived in Waco this morning Mr..
Northacker, the expressman, was weak
from the loss of blood and the effects of
the blows he received from the robbers,
out he continued on his run to Denison.
The. conductor, engineer and fireman
who were on the train which was robbed,
changed at Taylor, and their names were
not learned.
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